. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... roved toadmit of any doubt. He was sentencedto the gallies for life, and is now at Brest,undergoing his sentence. Emma soonafterwards married a respectable man,and old Monette behaved on the occasionmuch more liberally than was expected. A FEARLESS AMBASSADOR. John Basilowitz, or Joan IV., GrandDuke of Muscovy, was so cruel and fero-cious a prince, that he ordered the hat ofan Italian ambassador to be nailed to hishead for presuming to be covered in hispresence. The ambassador of the queenof England, however, was bold enough towear his
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... roved toadmit of any doubt. He was sentencedto the gallies for life, and is now at Brest,undergoing his sentence. Emma soonafterwards married a respectable man,and old Monette behaved on the occasionmuch more liberally than was expected. A FEARLESS AMBASSADOR. John Basilowitz, or Joan IV., GrandDuke of Muscovy, was so cruel and fero-cious a prince, that he ordered the hat ofan Italian ambassador to be nailed to hishead for presuming to be covered in hispresence. The ambassador of the queenof England, however, was bold enough towear his hat before him ; upon whichBasilowitz asked him, if he knew how hehad treated an ambassador for the likebehaviour. No, replied the intrepidEnglishman, but I am sent here byqueen Elizabeth ; and, if any insult isoffered to her minister, she has spiritenough to resent it. What a braveman! exclaimed the czar; which ofyou, added he, to his courtiers, wouldhave acted and spoken in this manner tosupport my honour and interests ? PERILS BY FLOOD AND FIELD. 12a. WALTON: A TALE FROM LIFE. Perhaps, in our weary journey throughlife, there are no recollections so dear tous, amit! the noise and bustle of a jarringworld, as those of our youth : when werecall to mind long-past scenes of earlierand happier days, when the heart was astranger to the corroding influence ofcare and anxiety, and the mind, strungwith hope—young, deluding hope! —looked forward to the world as to a gardenstrewn with ever-blooming flowers, that Wooed the hand, courting to be pluckd,Ah! thoughtless, careless, light-heartedyouth ! how little do you deem, whenlonging, in the enthusiasm of your youngand ardent nature, to plunge into theworld, of exchanging a life of gaiety andpleasure for one of disappointment andsorrow. After all, ignorance is many a sensitive and aching heart,undeceived by the cold world, sighs overthe blighted and withered hopes of itsyouth in secret! It fell to my lot to receive the great
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